TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with fewer than expected suicides in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
AU - Lin, Chien Yu
AU - Hsu, Chia Yueh
AU - Gunnell, David
AU - Chang, Shu Sen
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was in part supported by the project entitled “Health Policy Response to the Impacts Caused by Severe and Special Infectious Pneumonia (COVID-19)” (grant number NTU-111L881001). CYH was supported by Wan Fang Hospital ( 110-swf-07 and 111-wf-swf-04 ), Taipei Medical University ( TMU108-AE1-B57 ), and Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 110–2628-B-038–016 and NSTC 111–2628-B-038–026 ). SSC was supported by Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (grant number MOST 109–2314-B-002–144-MY3 ). DG is supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, England. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health and Care Research or the Department of Health and Social Care.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic, outbreak control measures, and their consequences may worsen mental health and increase suicide risk. However, a study using data from 33 countries showed no increase in suicide in most countries studied during the first 9–15 months of the pandemic (Pirkis et al., 2022). Possible reasons for this lack of an impact on suicide rates are unclear. Further investigations using robust methodologies are required (Kahil et al., 2021, Tandon, 2021). We investigated changes in suicide trends and related them to the indicators of economic and outbreak control measures in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic, outbreak control measures, and their consequences may worsen mental health and increase suicide risk. However, a study using data from 33 countries showed no increase in suicide in most countries studied during the first 9–15 months of the pandemic (Pirkis et al., 2022). Possible reasons for this lack of an impact on suicide rates are unclear. Further investigations using robust methodologies are required (Kahil et al., 2021, Tandon, 2021). We investigated changes in suicide trends and related them to the indicators of economic and outbreak control measures in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Suicide
KW - Suicide methods
KW - Taiwan
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103379
DO - 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103379
M3 - Letter
C2 - 36502779
AN - SCOPUS:85143836914
SN - 1876-2018
VL - 80
JO - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
M1 - 103379
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